Will Reform’s Billionaire Donors Force a Dramatic Burnham U-Turn? | Steven Methven
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Reform UK just received £72m in gifts from two billionaires, raising the question of why Andy Burnham previously backed down from a cap on political donations, writes Steven Methven.
  • supersquirrel@lemmy.caEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Of couse he will, Burnham didn’t get this opportunity to be Keir Starmer 2 by having a spine.

    The joint £72m gift from two billionaires is made up of £36m from each. And each of those is now the largest ever given in British political history, and almost double the campaign funding jointly received by Labour or the Tories this year. Talk about bringing a bazooka to a fistfight. But that’s how billionaires roll these days.